UK/local archives websites

Find My Past - a new website launched by the National Archives with millions of records online. Anyone researching their UK ancestry and family tree can search census records and trace births, marriages and deaths. UK passenger departure lists 1890 to 1960 are being added to the site, currently 1890-1929 are available. The Indexes are available free but you need to buy credits to view the results.

Mersey Gateway project - a showcase of information and archives held across Merseyside on the history of the port of Liverpool

Port Cities - including Liverpool as well as Hartlepool, Bristol, Southampton and London

Moving Here - stories, information and photographs covering 200 years of migration to the UK

The Guildhall Library, London - Lloyd's marine collection, including the captains registers. These registers record the careers of masters and mates who served on British-owned foreign-going merchant vessels and had the certificate of competency, dating from 1869-1948, backdating to 1851 for those who were still active in 1869. The indexing project concentrates on the first series (Ms 18567) and takes readers up to 1911. The indexes are now available to consult online in the manuscripts section.

CastleGarden.org - offers free access to a database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through to 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.